People often refer to Seth Godin's The Dip as a book that helps address this question. Personally, I didn't find it all that insightful, but I'm mentioning it here anyway to solicit others' opinions.
How is this anything more than a self-interested puff piece? (As an investor, the founders' success is his success, right?)
The topic is an interesting one, and an article exploring the net impact of under-the-radar companies versus the high fliers on the Silicon Valley, US and global economies, particularly one that presents some data, could be very enlightening.
i would argue for the opposite of this article - it serves the public's interest for successful companies to be known. we might want to become customers. we might learn something that applies to our business. it is a public good to know where power and influence lies. and it is good to know so others will compete with them. :)
i think the reason why a lot of firms shy away from publicity is that if you're making money, you don't need people to know about it - can attract competition.
a lot of the publicity heavy firms are profitless - they hope to make money based on users or attention.
I don't think you're arguing for the opposite of what I'm proposing and I agree with you. I would just like to see some substance, whether in broad terms of the overall market or a narrower look at specific firms.
What would be the equivalent french show for going the other way? I found Braquo on Hulu and started watching/translating/studying it, but realized pretty quickly that most of what they say should not be said in good company.
Try "Un gar une fille", it deals with typical, every day situations so it's good for vocabulary. Unfortunately, it may not be suitable for beginners. The conversations are fast paced and I haven't been able to find any French subtitles for it.
Believe me or not, they actually have an Alliance Française branch in Granada, Nicaragua, with native French speakers that can teach you the language. Cheap nice place.
EDIT: It's not so nice actually. Go to San Juan Del Sur instead.
It may just be that I don't have McAfee's cajones, but much of his advice herein seems like a surefire way to, at best, end up locked up in some South or Central American prison for the rest of your life; at worst, end up face down in some ditch someplace.
FWIW, the OP seems to be equating "sole proprietorship" and the disregarded entity status of their LLC. As such, the liability cautions you make might not apply directly to their situation.
Yup, that's right - I thought IRS treated a single member LLC as a sole proprietorship for tax purposes. I guess the correct term is disregarded entity. Either way the definitions were specific to the tax status and separate to the liability definition, which is yes a LLC.
You know, IIRC the first Rails demo actually used building a blog app as example. 8 years later and still no one has come up with a real Wordpress/Drupal/Mediawiki alternative - or at least none that's gained any significant userbase. I often wonder why..
The problem is that Wordpress is vehemently anti-MVC, and its plugin structure depends on this. You'd have to design an entirely different system to work on Rails.
